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Looking at Fu Dalangjun standing aside, it is rumored that Mr. Fu Dalang, who was detained, has free access to the county government and is highly respected.

It can be seen that rumors can only be rumors, and these rumors are very outrageous.

Of course, a group of people cannot stand at the gate of the county government office and chat, so Chang Ning suggested that everyone go into the county government office to talk.

Zhao Hanzhang and Fu Tinghan walked side by side at the front, inviting this distinguished guest from afar to sit in the lobby, while she took Fu Tinghan out to get information on the pretext of changing clothes.

Fu Tinghan said: "Master Chang said that Zhujia is a big company in Shu, specializing in fabrics. They must have a lot of cotton wool on hand. If we can have a good relationship with him, it will be more convenient for us to buy fabrics in the future. Son."

He paused and then said: "And maybe we will need to sell it in the future?"

Zhao Hanzhang asked, "I forgot to ask just now, what is his name?"

"Zhu Zhuan," Fu Tinghan said, "Mr. Chang talked with him. The price of the goods in his hands was not low. He heard what you just said outside the county government office. He knew that we were short of cotton, so he just I’m afraid it will rise again.”

Zhao Hanzhang regretted slightly, "I had known that I would not have comforted everyone at the county government office. I was surrounded by people. Why didn't you remind me?"

Fu Tinghan said: "The stability of the city and the people's popular support are more important than him."

"That's right," Zhao Hanzhang said, "We'll talk about it later. If the price is right, buy it. We are indeed short of cotton wool now."

Fu Tinghan wanted to say something more, but looked past her and landed on Fan Ying not far away, and swallowed his words.

Zhao Hanzhang followed his gaze and looked back. When he saw Fan Ying standing some distance away from them, he smiled and waved to her cordially.

Fan Ying immediately stepped forward and curtsied with red eyes, "Girl, I did something wrong."

Zhao Hanzhang asked funnyly: "What did you do wrong?"

"I shouldn't have brought them to the county government office to ask about quilts and winter clothes," Fan Ying clenched her fists slightly and pursed her lips and said, "Girl, was I being used as a knife?"

Zhao Hanzhang didn't expect her to be so sharp, so he thought of it. She didn't answer the question, but asked: "Are you used to living in the county?"

Zhao Hanzhang occupied the county government office. As the daughter of the former county magistrate, Fan Ying was full of loyalties. Of course, Zhao Hanzhang could not treat her badly, so after knowing that she did not want to stay in Zhao's Wubao, she arranged a courtyard for her in the county town.

It was the dowry that Zhao Hanzhang obtained from Zhao Zhongyu. She directly asked someone to change the name of the house deed to Fan Ying and set up a female household for her.

The families living in that area are all poor and gentry, and it is not far from the county government office. It can be said that the living environment and safety are good in Xiping County.

However, Zhao Hanzhang was very busy and ordered his servants to do these things. She did not visit her.

Fan Ying said: "With the care of the Zhao family, I am living a good life."

Zhao Hanzhang not only gave her a house, but also gave her two rooms of honest servants, and gave her a lot of fields. With the help of her servants to cultivate those fields, and some money she sent, Fan Ying was not living well. Difference.

When the county government was occupied, everyone in the Fan family died and fled, and their belongings were naturally looted.

Zhao Hanzhang picked out a marked object and handed it back to her, and then gave the little girl some from his money bag.

Although it wasn't a lot, as long as she didn't spend too much money, it was enough for her to live a life of food and clothing without any worries.

So Fan Ying had nothing to do. Seeing that the people in the city were busy, she wanted to do something within her power. After all, her father and brother were guarding this city with their lives.

She couldn't do work like farming and building houses. After knowing that the county government was recruiting people to make winter clothes and quilts, she took her maid out to get some fabrics and went back to make them.

Because of the shortage of manpower, she also encouraged neighbors on the street to help.

They were not short of money and food, but they had all been favored by Zhao Hanzhang, and they also wanted to make Xiping County better, so they followed her to get the fabrics and make them.

Everyone gets together to make clothes and talk on weekdays, which is quite interesting.

Because the county government distributes the fabric first, it takes a while to distribute the cotton wadding to be filled. According to the fabric they receive, they can receive the corresponding weight of wadding to fill back.

It was okay at first, it was indeed cotton catkins, but when they came back to pick them up two days ago, what they brought back was a pile of light willow catkins and reed catkins.

Fan Ying didn't think anything was wrong at first, so she happily stuffed it in and sewed it up. Later, someone said that reed catkins and willow catkins don't keep warm. Wearing such clothes in winter will freeze you to death. Only then did Fan Ying know that reed catkins are not warm. Catkins and cotton catkins are different.

She lowered her head and said with some sadness: "Everyone got more and more angry when they got together. I thought the girl was kept in the dark, so I took everyone to the county government office to ask for an explanation. I thought The girl must know anything about such things, otherwise it will be a big blow to the girl's reputation if word spreads."

Zhao Hanzhang didn't expect this, "You didn't do anything wrong. I didn't think well this time." She smiled and said, "I originally planned to explain it when I handed out the clothes and bedding, but it's better to do it in advance. Let everyone have an acceptance process.”

Fan Ying shook her head, "No, it's best to explain it to them one by one when I posted it. If it weren't for me, this matter wouldn't have happened now. I didn't think of this at the beginning, and for a while, I couldn't think of it. When I woke up, who told me that Luxu would freeze to death? As soon as I thought about it, I realized that I was being used as a knife."

She didn't care about using it as a knife and still stabbed Zhao Hanzhang. Fan Ying was very angry and angry with herself.

Seeing how sad she was, Zhao Hanzhang thought for a while and asked, "Miss Fan, are you literate?"

Fan Ying was stunned for a moment, raised her head to look at her and nodded, "I have read several books with my brother."

"That's good," Zhao Hanzhang said with a smile: "I have already said that you have done nothing wrong in this matter. If the people have doubts, they should ask the Yamen calmly, and the Yamen should also answer frankly. If the officials and the people are honest with each other, there will be no difference. There was a misunderstanding.”

"But since you feel so guilty, how about you come and help me and make up for what you think are my shortcomings?"

Fan Ying's eyes widened, "Me?"

"to you."

Fan Ying said uneasily: "But what can I do?"

"There is so much that can be done," Zhao Hanzhang said: "Although there are so many people in the county, there are not many literate people, so the county government is short of manpower. If you are willing to help me, the police officer and I will It will make it much easier for everyone.”

How much work can a young lady like her share? Fan Ying felt that Zhao Hanzhang was comforting her, and she felt even more guilty for a moment, but she still asked, "What can I do?"

"Help me count the fabrics distributed, the winter coats and quilts collected, and tomorrow I will set up a table to buy cotton wool. Every day's incoming and outgoing accounts must be recorded. Some of the guards are illiterate, or just can't read." I can write, so..."

Fan Ying immediately said: "I am willing to do it."

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